Somatic art therapist who specializes in grief rituals, psychedelic preparation and integration, and utilizing creative experiences to find your truth. I run monthly art and grief groups that are drop in and open to the community.

I support clients in using art materials and processes as a way to make visual, tangible contact with whatever is beneath the surface. Art making, within the container of a collaborative therapeutic relationship, can create pathways for expression, understanding, and acceptance of your dark parts while tapping into your innate capacity for resilience and healing. Images can give voice to your experience where words fall short. Through exploring art and creativity, you might also learn ways to cope with impulses and overwhelm, find grounding, and self regulate. You do not need to be an artist or have any art experience to benefit from Art Therapy!

I have experience and specific training in working with teens and adults identifying in the LGBTQ+ community. I look forward to supporting your self-discovery.

My goal is to help clients feel safe and supported to explore areas in their life that need attention. With compassion and understanding, clients learn to address fears, pain, and hurt. With experience and training, I help clients feel more skilled and empowered to create change in their life. Couples, young adults, and personal growth are a few of my specialty areas.

Couples feel more equipped in navigating challenges and conflicts safely, authentically, and successfully. Couples also gain more skills and resources in deepen levels of intimacy, closeness, and connection.

Young adults feel more confident in handling life stressors and difficult situations. Also, young adults learn new skills and ways of relating to create more overall success in their lives, relationships, and personal well-being.

Gretchen has been practicing psychotherapy since 1990 in the Boulder/ Erie area. She specializes in working with transitions - menopause in particular. Gretchen received her MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University in 1989 and works from the basic view that as human beings we are fundamentally sane and our confusion is temporary. She is steeped in both Contemplative and Psychodynamic approaches in talk therapy. She also runs consultation groups for professionals.